Sunday 21 April Dingo hunting

Yesterday John and Jane on Circe spotted a wild dingo on the beach – not ideal when they;d been walking their two small dogs on the beach earlier. One would make a nice snack for a hungry dingo.

we were looking for them

crikey!

Despite the reports of aggressive mosquitoes, which had lessened as the breeze picked up, David and I wanted to go walking to see if we could spot any wildlife. We prepared with full bush walking gear – sturdy snake proof boots and mozzie proof long trousers, shirts and hats – and set off up the track. I didn't know there were crocodiles this far south, I thought they didn't appear until you reached Mackay, but here was a notice warning of crocs in the area and to stay more than 50m from the water's edge. Next to this notice was the warning of dingos – walk in groups and if you are surrounded stand back to back with your companion and stare at them while keeping your arms down. We neither got the chance to stare down a wild dog or to get the bejeebers frightened out of us by a croc encounter (though we were ready after our visit to Steve Irwin's zoo – leap on it's back and hold on for dear life), only the ever present blood sucking mozzies and walking through thick, oozing mud to float the dinghy. Still our short walk made us feel like adventurers in the lesser sense of the word.

Given our planned pre-dawn start tomorrow morning, we had a quieter evening with Chilli Heat and Circe coming over for drinks and snacks – more gourmet food from Bruce – and another very fun evening.